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Sukhjot Thiara, RN, BSN, MN, CCHN(C)

Assistant Professor, Nursing (BSN) Program

Faculty of Health Sciences

Chilliwack campus at CEP, A2420

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Biography

Sukhjot joined the BSN department at UFV in August 2025 as an Assistant Professor.

She comes with various post-secondary teaching experiences in the BSN programs offered at Vancouver Island University (VIU) as a professor and at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) as a nursing faculty member.

Her clinical experiences as a RN vary across multiple health authorities, such as FHA, VCH and VIHA (now IH) in medical/surgical, mental health, perinatal and public health nursing. She was a clinical nurse educator within population & public health and has experience working in specialty nursing education as a Clinical Practice Consultant within Professional Practice, both with FHA.

Sukhjot’s education includes a BSN degree (2010) from VIU, advanced perinatal nursing specialty certificate (2014) from BCIT, a MN degree (2021) with a focus on nursing education from UVIC and a certification in community health nursing (2024) from CNA.

Education

BSN- Vancouver Island University- 2010

Advanced Perinatal Nursing Specialty Certificate- British Columbia Institute of Technology- 2014

MN (nurse educator focus)- University of Victoria- 2021

CCHN(C)- Canadian Nurses Association- 2024

Memberships

British Columbia College of Nurses & Midwives

Nurses and Nurse Practitioners of British Columbia

Community Health Nurses of Canada

Teaching Philosophy

As an educator, I believe in working in unity and in partnership with the learner while utilizing a learner centered approach (active learning) with the teaching principles of humanism and constructivism. 

Research Interests

Public Health Nursing (maternal/child health, prenatal/postpartum, vulnerable populations, immunizations, and communicable disease follow-up)

Perinatal Nursing

Mental Health Nursing

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